Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Attn: L.L. Bean 1912 Selvedge Denim

The good folks over at L.L. Bean continue to give the style cats what they want. First it was their L.L. Bean Signature line with Alex Carleton and now they're hitting us with limited edition selvedge denim. Working with Cone Denim's White Oak Plant of Greensboro, North Carolina the shrink to fit jeans are limited to 1,912 pairs (I wonder how they came up with that arbitrary number...I mean L.L. Bean was founded in 1912, but that can't be it) and come in a five pocket button fly straight leg fit. The denim will be available in store only, but at $79 it's something even us non denim geeks can get excited about. A resounding "well done" is surely due for my friends in Freeport. Alright, who's gonna proxy ya boy a pair?

I checked these out at my local L.L. this afternoon. They had about two dozen in stock there. They were not very trim at all, but I'm curious if and how much they would shrink. TBH, I walked away mildly unimpressed. I'm not sure if they're much better than the similarly priced offerings from Gap, Urban, Levi's or Uniqlo.

i checked these out too. they look realllly baggy. I wouldnt be too worried about finding a pair. I didnt try one on because i didnt want to track down a dressing room but the 32s (which is my size) are alot looser than 514s,